Okebukola, a
fomer Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said this on
Monday as 127 visually impaired candidates in Southwest commenced their exam
the Distance Learning Institute of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

The results
are expected to be released on Tuesday on JAMB portal www.jamb.org.ng

His group is
responsible for administering the 2018 UTME to both the prisoners and the blind
candidates nationwide.

Not less
than 340 visually impaired candidates registered for the examination
nationwide.

In a chat
with the Media, Okebukola noted that already the group had on Saturday
conducted the examination for those in the prisons.

He said the
visually impaired candidates listed for the examination nationwide have been
assembled in “high grade hotels” with very good feeding and transportation
arrangements and other logistics that would make them feel comfortable before
and after the examination.

He noted
that the two-day examination (March 19 and March 20) would be taken through the
dictation mode as was obtained in 2017.

“For now,
they will have to make do with the dictation mode as the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB), organisers of the examination, is working towards a
suitable CBT mode soon”, he said.

“The
software we have now that comes with the Braille Note Apex machine is not
Nigerian enough for their comprehension.

“So, we are
developing a software that will have a Nigerian inbuilt intonation.

“We are
hopeful that before the commencement of the 2019 UTME, we would gave moved
quite far in the development of the software”.

According to
the former NUC scribe, this year’s examination generally had been adjudged more
successful when compared to what obtained in 2017 in terms of logistics and
quality.

The don
said: “When I talk of the quality of the examination, I am talking in terms of
the manner of presentation through this platform.

“We expect
that the candidates will come out with good grades and those who are successful
in both the UTME and the Post UTME and meet the criteria for placements into
universities of their choices would have equal opportunity as their sighted
counterparts.

“And that is
why we in the Equal Opportunity Group are deploying all resources available to
us in ensuring that equal opportunity is given to all regardless of any form of
disability and I think the larger society should also toe this path.”

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